Hogwarts Homecoming

"--I will first report to the assembly a vicious incident that occurred in Uxta last night--"

Twelve huge Roman columns support this classical-style circular meeting hall, and the conference tables arranged in concentric circles are packed with seats.

Countries in Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Oceania, all countries with magical civilizations, sent their representatives stationed in Paris to attend the meeting.

The solemn faces and dim candlelight made the atmosphere in this huge conference hall extremely depressing.

The seven seats in the innermost circle of concentric circles are Chairman Dumbledore, the five permanent vice-chair seats including Amosta Brain and Hope Dregern, and the rotating vice-chairman France Minister for Magic Terreese Nash.

With his left arm bandaged and hanging around his neck, German Minister of Magic Olonkos Adenauer stood on the rostrum at the center of the large chamber and made a report to the conference.

It's different from what most people imagine.

Minister Adenauer, who is known for his bad temper, did not show much anger. There was no unnecessary expression on his pale face. However, it can be seen from the abnormal pauses and slight gasps in the rhythm of his words that his heart was absolutely full of anger. Not as calm as he appears.

"At 9:27 last night, a group of rioters appeared near the Brandenburg Gate, a famous Muggle attraction in Berlin. They attacked Muggles near the attraction indiscriminately, and directly resulted in the death of thirty-one Muggles. One hundred and seventy-two Muggles injured."

At present, no newspaper in any country has published this incident, whether it is Muggle or wizard.

But the wizards sitting in this splendid meeting hall are not ordinary people, and they have all heard the news.

However, only the German Ministry of Magic has specific casualty data.

There is no doubt that this is a serious accident that can be written into the modern history books of wizards, just like the collapse of the Muggle Bridge in London not long ago.

The sound of gasps came one after another. This huge morning made many people's hidden dissatisfaction glances wander towards the two youngest and oldest wizards in the innermost circle of seven seats.

People expected that after the bad news was revealed, the two people who had received much attention would have some subtle changes in their expressions, but the reality disappointed them.

Amosta and Dumbledore, who were in the center of the cluster of gazes, sat there like two sculptures, their gazes lowered and their expressions indifferent.

"When I led the strikers to the scene, this group of extremely evil rioters did not resist. They were very sharp and fled the scene before we set up the barrier-"

Adenauer still said in that weird way of gasping for air several times after saying two sentences,

"There are many Muggle witnesses. I am not allowed to summon all the employees of the German Ministry of Magic to rush to the scene, erase the Muggle memories, and assign a special commissioner to contact the Muggle Prime Minister and ask him to help seal the accident scene on a larger scale, and I I will lead the elite Aurors to investigate."

"Have you found them, Minister Adenauer?"

In the seven-person seat, Minister Nash of the French Ministry of Magic glanced sideways at Amosta, who was sitting across from him, and asked a question that everyone knew in a rough voice.

"The ministry has indeed discovered some clues, Minister Nash. I believe that if we continue the pursuit, we can find those heinous thugs and send them to the gallows, but -"

Minister Adenauer, who likes to send people to the gallows, suddenly raised his voice.

"A new piece of bad news has arrived, interrupting our pursuit plan. I have to deal with it first!"

Minister Adenauer looked around and finally landed on the seven-person seat.

"I believe that all representatives, Chairman Dumbledore, and deputy chairmen have learned the relevant information. Yes, that's right, Uxta has been breached."

There are three world-renowned magic schools in the European wizarding world: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang.

At the same time, there are also three famous magic prisons in the European magic world: Azkaban, Ekestore and Nurmengard.

Among the three prisons, in terms of specifications, Ekestad is undoubtedly the first.

The other two prisons, it goes without saying why Nurmengard came to be, and Azkaban is almost a magical prison specifically serving the British.

The nominally abandoned Eccles Tower is actually a 'public prison' in various European countries.

Even without the participating Umbrella Party sent there by Deputy Chairman Amosta Brain, the number of criminals held there was the largest among the three prisons.

"Being breached means——"

The Asian-faced wizard wearing a purple robe with regional characteristics could not help but frown.

"Have all the criminals imprisoned in Uxta been rescued?"

"Oh, maybe it's not that bad after all--"

Minister Adenauer on the rostrum responded in a sarcastic tone,

"You may not know that Uxta is located in the heart of a mountain in the Eastern Alps. Last night, the duel between the Ministry Aurors and the intruders caused the entire mountain to collapse.

Currently, the ministry is still clearing the ruins of the mountain. We have found the bodies of some prisoners detained in Uxta among the ruins. Please forgive me. If you want to find out how many prisoners escaped and how many died on the mountain. Under the collapse, we have to wait until we clean up the ruins. "

The Asian-faced wizard who asked the question earlier nodded and fell silent.

"Well, Minister Adenauer, do you have any doubts -"

Minister Nash from the French Ministry of Magic then asked,

"Have most of the prisoners been rescued?"

"I personally hope that this bad situation will not happen."

Minister Adenauer said with a cold face,

"The general situation is like this. We currently have no way of knowing how many prisoners have been rescued, and we have no way of confirming where the thugs who breached Ux Tower are hiding.

I would like to solemnly remind everyone here that perhaps the purpose of this group of powerful thugs is to jail criminals in various countries. They break into prisons to rescue prisoners, and then take the opportunity to increase their own strength. "

Looking around the quiet venue, Adenauer suddenly made an unexpected move. He walked out from behind the table on the rostrum. Facing the eyes, he suddenly bent down and bowed to the participants.

From beginning to end, there was a glimmer of light in Dumbledore's eyes, who looked calm, and Amosta also raised his head at the right time, leaning on the back of his chair and staring at the German Minister of Magic, his face still showing no emotion or anger.

"Oloncos?"

Dumbledore, who was presiding over the meeting as chairman, asked in a gentle tone.

"I think I should apologize to the international wizarding community on behalf of the German Ministry of Magic!"

Minister Adenauer ignored Dumbledore. He looked at everyone and his voice rumbled like thunder in the large chamber.

"We betrayed the trust placed in us by the world's magical civilization. We almost exposed magical civilization to the Muggles. We failed to guard Eccles Tower, and all magical civilizations around the world were threatened by this group of thugs called Death Eaters. ,us."

The impassioned tone and remorseful words resounded throughout the meeting hall. Minister Adenauer of the German Ministry of Magic emotionally apologized to the world's magical civilization through the joint meeting, embracing all the responsibilities in his arms with a generous gesture.

This is indeed aimed at us.

Amosta, who was sitting in the seven-person seat, thought with waning interest——(End of this chapter)